José Luis Martínez、Ignacio Moreno、Marı́a del Mar Sánchez-López 等 5 位作者2014-10-14Optics Express
Multiple internal reflection effects on the optical modulation of a commercial reflective parallel-aligned liquid-crystal on silicon (PAL-LCoS) spatial light modulator (SLM) are analyzed. The display is illuminated with different wavelengths and different angles of incidence. Non-negligible Fabry-Perot (FP) effect is…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsAdvanced Optical Imaging TechnologiesOptical Polarization and Ellipsometry
Shin-Che Huang、Qian Qin、Will R. Grimes 等 5 位作者2014-10-14Journal of Testing and Evaluation
Abstract An experimental study was conducted to characterize the physical properties of rejuvenated RAP binders at low, intermediate, and high temperatures via dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) measurements. A dynamic shear rheometer was used to conduct frequency sweeps at tempe…
Asphalt Pavement Performance EvaluationPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
Jeff Lapierre、Richard Sonnenfeld、H. E. Edens 等 4 位作者2014-10-14Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Abstract It has long been speculated that the source of continuing current (CC) for a negative cloud‐to‐ground flash is provided by the growth of its positive leader into negative charge regions. In this study, data from the Langmuir Electric Field Array (LEFA) and Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) are used to investigate…
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomenaLightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena
Zhe Xü、Wengang Wu、Xiaohua Ma 等 13 位作者2014-10-14IEEE Electron Device Letters
Postgate annealing (PGA) in N2/O2atmosphere at 300°C for various annealing time is performed on enhancement mode AlGaN/GaN MOSFET fabricated using a self-terminating gate recess etching technique. After 45-min annealing, the device OFF-state leakage current decreases by more than two orders of magnitude and thus a low…
ZnO doping and propertiesGaN-based semiconductor devices and materialsGa2O3 and related materials
Zhengqing Zhou、Jianxin Nie、Zhuo-Cheng Ou 等 5 位作者2014-10-14Journal of Applied Physics
To better understand the influence of the aluminum content on the performance of aluminized explosives, experiments in concrete and cylinder tests were performed. Three types of RDX-based aluminized explosives, in which the mass ratio of aluminum content was 0%, 15%, and 30% were considered in this paper. The shock wa…
Energetic Materials and CombustionCombustion and Detonation ProcessesHigh-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
Zhongnan Xu、John R. Kitchin2014-10-14The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Correlations between adsorption energies allow for the prediction of a large set of adsorption energies from a few quantum-chemical calculations, enabling quick evaluations of the catalytic activity of surfaces for multistep reactions. A critical question is whether these correlations—initially established at low cove…
Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMachine Learning in Materials Science
Yu Yu、Ying Chau2014-10-14Biomacromolecules
The fast release rate and the undesirable covalent binding are two major problems often encountered in formulating in situ chemically cross-linked hydrogel as protein release depot, particularly when prolonged release over months is desirable. In this study, we applied the De Gennes' blob theory to analyze and tackle…
Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsPolymer Surface Interaction Studies
Govardhana Babu Bodedla、K. R. Justin Thomas、Chun‐Ting Li 等 4 位作者2014-10-14RSC Advances
We have designed and synthesized a series of organic dyes featuring phenothiazine donors containing an N-phenylbenzimidazole substituent and a cyanoacrylic acid acceptor. Benzimidazole incorporation red-shifted the charge transfer transition and increased the molar extinction coefficient of the peak. It also helped to…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applications
Lei Shang、Faqiong Zhao、Baizhao Zeng2014-10-14ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
In this work, a three-dimensional hybrid film with in- and out-of-plane pores was fabricated by using porous graphene as framework structure and porous PdCu alloy nanoparticles as building blocks. The porous PdCu alloy nanoparticles were prepared by chemical dealloying with acetic acid. The hierarchical pores had abun…
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesElectrochemical sensors and biosensorsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Mahasweta Nandi、Hiroshi Uyama2014-10-14The Chemical Record
In this article we discuss those materials that have recorded the highest adsorption capacities for the greenhouse gas CO2 under ambient conditions as well as at different temperatures and pressures. For convenience, the materials have been categorized under four categories, viz., porous carbon, metal-organic, zeolite…
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsCarbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesCovalent Organic Framework Applications
Jianyong Feng、Dapeng Cao、Zhiqiang Wang 等 7 位作者2014-10-14Chemistry - A European Journal
Ta3 N5 is a promising photoanode candidate for photoelectrochemical water splitting, with a band gap of about 2.1 eV and a theoretical solar-to-hydrogen efficiency as high as 15.9 % under AM 1.5 G 100 mW cm(-2) irradiation. However, the presently achieved highest photocurrent (ca. 7.5 mA cm(-2) ) on Ta3 N5 photoelectr…
Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Frank Ortmann、K. Sebastian Radke、Alrun A. Günther 等 6 位作者2014-10-14Advanced Functional Materials
In this contribution, molecular materials are highlighted as an important topic in the diverse field of condensed matter physics, with focus on their particular electronic and transport properties. A better understanding of their performance in various applications and devices demands for an extension of basic theoret…
Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsConducting polymers and applicationsMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Wooyul Kim、Takashi Tachikawa、Gun‐hee Moon 等 5 位作者2014-10-14Angewandte Chemie
Abstract The generation of oxidants on illuminated photocatalysts and their participation in subsequent reactions are the main basis of the widely investigated photocatalytic processes for environmental remediation and selective oxidation. Here, the generation and the subsequent diffusion of .OH from the illuminated T…
TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar CellsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
Wim J. Malfait、René Verel、Matthias M. Koebel2014-10-14The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Silica aerogels have exceptional physical and chemical properties related to their nanoporous structure and high specific surface area. The hydrophobization of the silica surfaces, for example by modification with trimethylsilyl groups (TMS), is of central importance for silica aerogel production by ambient drying met…
Glass properties and applicationsAerogels and thermal insulationInorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
Po-Hung Chen、Philex Ming-Yan Fan2014-10-14IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers
This paper presents a 100 mV input, 500 mV output single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) based step-up dc-dc converter with adaptive gate biasing (AGB) technique implemented in 0.18 μm CMOS technology for thermoelectric energy harvesting. The proposed AGB technique and near-threshold voltage (near- VTH) energy redistr…
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesInnovative Energy Harvesting TechnologiesEnergy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
Christopher S. Polster、Kevin P. Cole、Christopher L. Burcham 等 12 位作者2014-10-14Organic Process Research & Development
The design, development, and implementation of a pilot-scale continuous Schotten–Baumann amide bond formation and reactive crystallization to afford LY2886721 is described. The material met all API quality attributes and was comparable to material produced by a defined batch process. The scalability of the reaction an…
Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationCrystallization and Solubility StudiesChemistry and Chemical Engineering
Jennefir L. Digaum、Javier J. Pazos、Jeffrey T. Chiles 等 10 位作者2014-10-14Optics Express
Spatially-variant photonic crystals (SVPCs), in which the orientation of the unit cell changes as a function of position, are shown to be capable of abruptly controlling light beams using just low index materials and can be made to have high polarization selectivity. Multi-photon direct laser writing in the photo-poly…
Photonic and Optical DevicesPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsOptical Coatings and Gratings
Sebastian Schwolow、Birgit Heikenwälder、Lahbib Abahmane 等 5 位作者2014-10-14Organic Process Research & Development
Microreactors are an efficient tool for process development and intensification. However, the scale-up from lab studies to small-scale commercial production is challenging, since a change in the channel dimensions requires good knowledge of heat and mass transfer phenomena. In this work, complete process development f…
Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
Mohammed B. Garada、Benjamin Kabagambe、Yushin Kim 等 4 位作者2014-10-14Analytical Chemistry
Here we report on ion-transfer voltammetry of perfluoroalkanesulfonates and perfluoroalkanecarboxylates at the interface between a plasticized polymer membrane and water to enable the ultrasensitive detection of these persistent environmental contaminants with adverse health effects. The ion-transfer cyclic voltammogr…
Luminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsAnalytical Chemistry and SensorsPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
Alberto Tessarolo2014-10-14IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Synchronous reluctance (SynRel) machines are gaining more and more importance in various fields of application thanks to their known merits like rugged construction, high efficiency, absence of field windings, and no or reduced need for permanent magnets. Out of the possible design variants, in this paper, SynRel moto…
Electric Motor Design and AnalysisMagnetic Properties and ApplicationsMagnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics